Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement $\alpha = 0.01$

question 26

Short Answer

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
-In an area of the Great Plains, records were kept on the relationship between the rainfall (in inches) and the yield of soybeans (bushels per acre). Can you conclude that there is a correlation between rainfall and yield per acre? Use $\alpha = 0.01$ .
$\begin{array}{l|rrrrrrrrr}\text { Rainfall } & 12.0 & 10.3 & 14.9 & 14.0 & 20.3 & 11.8 & 8.5 & 17.1 & 17.5 \\\hline \text { Yield } & 52.0 & 47.7 & 60.3 & 60.5 & 83.9 & 50.7 & 33.4 & 77.5 & 80.3\end{array}$

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